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Monday, April 30, 2012

I don't usually repost pics from recent issues of obiquitous digital home design magazines

But slipcover queen Melanie Turner's whitey tidy work in the new Trad Home had so many elements I like - slipcovers of course, lots of white, bit of color, a dearth of knick knacks, beachy blue and some big weird light.

Thursday, April 19, 2012

A bunch of bloggers have used this free clip art to knock off this otherwise $3,550 triptych.

Idea via True Blue Me & You with clip art found by Splendid Minta and executed to various degrees by 1922 House and Revamp Home Goods.

If you like nautical art spread out over several frames, also check out my hi-res nautical map of Brooklyn and Long Island.

In other news, you can paint a DIY chevron rug (not exciting) without a lot of supplies or fuss and with a soft hand-dyed look (exciting) with this tutorial by Kristen at Gypsy Soul Interiors. Her project, which she pulled off with an IKEA rug, frog tape and paint sample while extremely pregnant would also look cool on fabric, I'm thinking.

And the home dec DIY ladies of Sadie and Stella wanted a brass dome lamp a la Kelly Wearstler.

So Lindsay (I don't know which one. There are two. The blog is named after dogs not the decorators.) sprayed an IKEA Brasa lamp to mimic the look.